Urgent Evacuation

Russia on Saturday said it had captured five villages in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region during a surprise ground offensive that prompted mass evacuations, as President Volodymyr Zelensky made an urgent call for military aid.

Russia on Saturday said it had captured six villages in Ukraine's east during a surprise ground offensive that prompted mass evacuations, as President Volodymyr Zelensky made an urgent call for military aid.

Israel has ordered residents of the city of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate "urgently" ahead of a new planned onslaught in the area.

UK foreign minister David Cameron and German counterpart Annalena Baerbock stressed that the "need is urgent" for a "sustainable ceasefire" in Gaza in a joint article for Britain's Sunday Times.

As the Indian government issued an urgent all-caps appeal to its citizens to immediately leave Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv, first-hand accounts of students stranded at the railway station gave a glimpse into their desperate situation.

The embassy has asked Indians to consider avoiding the Shehyni-Medyka border crossing as it is congested with long queues and huge crowds.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday asked the government to urgently share its evacuation plan with those stranded in Ukraine and their families as he shared a video of some students being harassed by the military there.

The Kerala government has said at least 41 Malayalis including women and children have been stranded in Taliban-controlled Kabul and requested the Centre to make necessary arrangements for their safe evacuation to the home country.

NATO will hold an urgent meeting Friday on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan after the US said it was sending troops to evacuate its nationals, diplomatic and official sources told AFP.

A group of UN rights experts expressed alarm Wednesday at the deteriorating health of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and called for his urgent medical evacuation from Russia.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday launched a specially developed ''RAKSHITA'' - a bike ambulance to attend urgent evacuation needs of the security force personnel in event of a medical emergency or battle injury in Maoist affected areas.

Thousands of Indians, including students, stranded in the US for weeks because of COVID-19 travel restrictions, have requested the government to send flights to evacuate them and connect more cities like Houston and Dallas with a sizeable Indian population. Students and people who had travelled to America for medical treatment say they urgently nee...

"I didn't care a bat's a**," wrote Shefali Shah about her sons being angry over their urgent evacuation

Delhi High Court today allowed an urgent hearing on a petition seeking immediate evacuation of Indian students studying abroad and ensuring the safety of Indian students in Iran in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

Ukraine urgently evacuated hundreds of residents today from the site of a series of fuel depot blasts near Kiev that set off a ferocious fire and left several people missing and at least one confirmed dead.

Russia on Saturday said it had captured five villages in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region during a surprise ground offensive that prompted mass evacuations, as President Volodymyr Zelensky made an urgent call for military aid.

Russia on Saturday said it had captured six villages in Ukraine's east during a surprise ground offensive that prompted mass evacuations, as President Volodymyr Zelensky made an urgent call for military aid.

Israel has ordered residents of the city of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate "urgently" ahead of a new planned onslaught in the area.

UK foreign minister David Cameron and German counterpart Annalena Baerbock stressed that the "need is urgent" for a "sustainable ceasefire" in Gaza in a joint article for Britain's Sunday Times.

As the Indian government issued an urgent all-caps appeal to its citizens to immediately leave Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv, first-hand accounts of students stranded at the railway station gave a glimpse into their desperate situation.

The embassy has asked Indians to consider avoiding the Shehyni-Medyka border crossing as it is congested with long queues and huge crowds.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday asked the government to urgently share its evacuation plan with those stranded in Ukraine and their families as he shared a video of some students being harassed by the military there.

The Kerala government has said at least 41 Malayalis including women and children have been stranded in Taliban-controlled Kabul and requested the Centre to make necessary arrangements for their safe evacuation to the home country.

NATO will hold an urgent meeting Friday on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan after the US said it was sending troops to evacuate its nationals, diplomatic and official sources told AFP.

A group of UN rights experts expressed alarm Wednesday at the deteriorating health of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and called for his urgent medical evacuation from Russia.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday launched a specially developed ''RAKSHITA'' - a bike ambulance to attend urgent evacuation needs of the security force personnel in event of a medical emergency or battle injury in Maoist affected areas.

Thousands of Indians, including students, stranded in the US for weeks because of COVID-19 travel restrictions, have requested the government to send flights to evacuate them and connect more cities like Houston and Dallas with a sizeable Indian population. Students and people who had travelled to America for medical treatment say they urgently nee...

"I didn't care a bat's a**," wrote Shefali Shah about her sons being angry over their urgent evacuation

Delhi High Court today allowed an urgent hearing on a petition seeking immediate evacuation of Indian students studying abroad and ensuring the safety of Indian students in Iran in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

Ukraine urgently evacuated hundreds of residents today from the site of a series of fuel depot blasts near Kiev that set off a ferocious fire and left several people missing and at least one confirmed dead.